A mouse model for Niemann-Pick disease: phospholipid class and fatty acid composition of various tissues.

Recently, a strain of mice bearing an autosomal recessive gene, spm, has been described. On the basis of clinical and pathological findings these mice have been suggested as a useful model of human Niemann-Pick disease. Phospholipids and their fatty acid compositions were analyzed for liver, spleen,...

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Main Authors: S Nakashima, K Nagata, Y Banno, T Sakiyama, T Kitagawa, S Miyawaki, Y Nozawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1984-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520378172